What you need to know before you request any Rares via this threadThe Rules:PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ ALL THE RULES

No begging - it will result in a warning, and depending on severity a temporary ban. This also counts for users asking why/reminding us that they have not been added to the lists yet.

Your Scroll must be visible all the time and the pages of your dragons must show your scroll name. Your scroll must be sorted after breed or color (Rainbow)  no exceptions. Here you can see what you have to do to change your settings according our rules: TutorialThe settings must stay this way as long as you are on any list in this thread. If we check your scroll and it is hidden, only shows growing things and no adults or does not display your username you will be removed from any lists you are on without any further warning.

If you freeze, re-gift or trade away an egg you were gifted via this thread you will be banned from this project (permanently) and put onto our blacklist. The same goes for users who let gifted eggs die of neglect or experiment on them (earthquake, biting etc.).

You can only apply for yourself. We wonīt add any friend, relative or other people who do not have a forum account.

The breed limit is one for Alt Vines and Alt Black, three for everything else. Once you are added to a list you will stay on it until you explicitely ask to be removed or until you have reached the limit on the requested breed. Frozen hatchies count towards this rule too. If you accept a gift from this thread although you have already reached the limit of the respective breed this will result in a ban. If you are at the limit but not yet removed from the list and a donor approaches you please do not simply accept the gift and risk to be banned but tell the donor that you are not allowed to take their gift. This rule will now be enforced.Vine/Alt Vine, Black/Alt Black and Undine/Alt Undine - Regular Vines, Blacks and Undines are commons right now and the Alt Blacks, Vines and Undines are uncommons/rares. Thus the normal Blacks, Vines and Undines do not count towards this rule. Any requester without an Alt Black, Vine or Undine will be added to the respective list, regardless of the normal Blacks/Vines/Undines he/she might have.Tinsels/Shimmers/Coppers/Twoheaded Lindwurms - If you have 0 Gold Tinsels, 1 Silver Tinsel and 2 Bronze Tinsels you are allowed to ask for/receive 3 Gold Tinsels, 2 Silver Tinsel and 1 Bronze Tinsels via this thread. The same goes for every breed which has separate lists for the different colors.

You are not allowed to ask for caveborns or other special lineages. You may ask for the gifted eggs to be not inbred though. This has to be said under "preferences" in the request form. You are not allowed to ask for hatchies because you want to save your eggslots and/or the time to raise eggs yourself.

Dead egg policy - Nobody in this thread will get punished for having dead eggs or hatchies on their scroll - as long as those have not been received via this thread.When you apply you will be asked if you have dead creatures on your scroll. Please be honest on this. It helps us to assess if you need more and personal help and not just Rares thrown at you. If you enjoy making Vampires or try to make Neglecteds please say so when posting your application or send one of us a PM. You will get a remark next to your name that will explain possible egg shells to our donors. This way you donīt need to contact us every time things went wrong. If we see dead eggs or hatchies while checking your scroll or if you tell us you have dead creatures on it you will receive a temporary remark next to your name. It will be removed when the shells have vanished. Vampires and Zombies do not count! This only applies to dead EGGS and HATCHLINGS.

If your Forum Name begins with the letter A - M: What is your favorite Dragon egg? If your Forum Name begins with the letter N - Z: What is your favorite Dragon hatchling? If your Forum Name begins with a different character: What is your favorite Dragon?

If a donor reports a lister as not reading their PMs within a reasonable amount of time this person will receive a strike (it will be noted behind their name on any lists they are on). Due to limited gifters on this thread, the number of strikes allowed is being lowered to two. Listers who have one strike and are reported for a second time will immediately be removed from any lists they are on and added to our blacklist. You will not allowed to re-apply. Please read further below as we do have a means for you to report if you are going to be inactive.

Asking you for your help: If you have a bronze or better trophy on your scroll, we are asking that you consider gifting one rare or uncommon egg to someone else on this list. Rare and uncommon eggs are difficult to breed and there are currently only two gifters. Your help would be appreciated. You dont need to tell us and we wont be keeping track. Not gifting WILL NOT impact your status on our lists.

Kindness to the gifters goes a long way. If you are given an egg, please remember that someone took their time to breed (and in the case of Alts, also hatch) that egg. That egg then sat on their scroll until it was picked up. A thank you makes a big difference and its just plain good manners.

Gift reports are the responsibility of the recipient of the egg and must be reported within 24 hours of taking the egg. Non-reported gifts will result in a ban. If you cannot meet the 24 hour requirement, you can request that the gifter help you out by entering the report.

Recommendation

You do not log in at the forums on a regular basis but check your emails often? Then it makes sense to let you notify via email when you have a private message in the forums. Here is how to do it:

My controls -> Email Settings (way down in the left hand navigation menu) -> Check the box at "Send a confirmation email when I receive a new private message" and then use the "Amend my email settings" button for saving.

The email sent to you will show you who PMed you and the message title.

How to request Rares via this thread

Thatīs simple. Use the following form:

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[COLOR=green][SIZE=5][b]I want to request Rares![/b][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[b]Forum Name:[/b][b]PM Link:[/b] [b]Scroll Link:[/b] Just the link please.[b]Dragons you want to request:[/b] (up to 4 at a time)[b]Preferences:[/b] only inbred/non inbred - no lineage requests![b]Do you have any dead Eggs, Hatchies or Adults?:[/b][b]If So, Why?:[/b][b]My scroll is sorted after:[/b][b]Proof you read the rules:[/b]

If you donīt know how to get your PM link please leave it empty and we will fill it in.

How do I change my requests?

Just post something like

I want to be removed from this list and added to that list.

Make sure to make it bold with the "B"-button.

How do I report a gift?

Just post

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[COLOR=blue][SIZE=5][b]I gave/received a gift![/b][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[b]Donor:[/b] Forumname of the person gifting the egg[b]Giftee:[/b] Forumname of the person claiming the egg[b]Breed of the gift:[/b][b]Lineage link of the gift:[/b]

It does not matter if the donor or the giftee posts the form. Just make sure that you donīt do it both as that might lead to confusion

Going to be offline for longer than a few days?

If you know beforehand you are going to be offline because of vacation, moving or else please post something like

I will be offline from 21th of August to 28th of August.

Make sure to make it bold with the "B"-button.

Your name will get a remark on the lists you are on so that breeders know not to offer you any gifts while youīre not there to claim them.

We donīt have an official White list with former helpers as this thread has seen too many lovely people come and go over the last four years. Thank you very much to everybody who made this thread become what it is now

This post has been edited by New Rare Breeders on Jan 21 2016, 07:18 AM

If you wish to be a breeder you donīt have to register or ask us for permission. Just go ahead and PM our listers and/or offer your eggs here in the thread. Thank you very much for being a part of this project !

Our secondary mod RaisingDragons has written an explanation on how she does her gifting and gives reasons for why she does what she does:

How I offer eggs as a breeder, and why

HOW?I offer an egg to about 5 people on a list at once.

WHY?Because I don't know if any person I pm will accept or not, or why.-They may be egg locked.-They may no longer be active at all.-They may be on vacation/ have the power out/ other temporary stuff-They may not want the egg I offer.

WHY SO MANY AT ONCE?Because that's about how many I need to guarantee that at least ONE person will respond at all.HOW?I set a time limit (usually 48 hours) for somebody to claim the egg. If nobody has claimed the egg by then, I offer it to more people on the list, or post it on the departures thread.

WHY?Because eggs have a limited time to hatch. This way, if an egg is not wanted/claimed by the people I have originally pm'd, I can still offer it to more people before it grows up.

HOW?I definitely want a basic "thanks" pm from somebody who claims one of my eggs. Basic courtesy.I do prefer a reply, even if you don't catch it/don't want it.Preferably within a week.

WHY? It lets me know how much demand there is for what I'm breeding. Lots of "no, I didn't get it, and I'm still interested" will tell me that there is definitely interest in more eggs from that pairing.A reply of "no thanks, not interested in that egg", with maybe why, helps me know whether anything I'm breeding will be interesting to you.

HOW?I remind people of the forum rule (now changed), that people who don't reply to/open their pms may result in acquiring a "strike" against their names. and after 3 strikes they may be banned.

WHY?This thread has nearly died before, due to breeders being discouraged by the attitude of people on the waiting list. There would be extremely slow/no replies at all to egg offers. This would be very frustrating to breeders.The "Three Strikes" rule was put in place because the waiting lists were clogged up with people who were no longer active in Dragon Cave, but had not asked to be removed from the lists.Personally, I'm very slack about reporting people who don't reply/don't read their mail. Even though I "say" that I'll report somebody who doesn't reply within a week, it tends to be even longer, just to cut them some slack.

Dead egg policy

Nobody in this thread will get punished for having dead eggs or hatchies on their scroll - as long as those have not been received via this thread. Dead creatures can have different reasons and sometimes itīs not the users fault that their dragon died (especially with the current viewbombing problem).

If users enjoy making Vampires or try to make Neglecteds and tell us so they will get a remark next to their name that may explain possible egg shells (Experimenter / Biter)

If we see dead eggs or hatchies while checking scrolls or if they tell us that they have dead creatures on it they will receive a temporary remark next to their name. It will be removed when the shells have vanished. If we can see why the creatures died we will give the reasons also.

If you want to gift anything to those users or not is absolutely up to you.

Inactive or not-responding users

Dear Breeders, please help us keep the lists clear of absent or unresponsive requesters by telling us about them! This saves you and your fellow breeders from the disappointment that is a rejected gift.

Tracking messages (the second checkbox below the PM composing box) will help you see if your PM has been read or not. If an intended recipient does not read your PM and/or not claim the gift within an amount of time that you are comfortable with, please report back to us so that we can mark them as "absent" and spare the trouble for other breeders. You can either PM us or use the following form (if you post that in the thread or send it to us via PM is up to you)

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[COLOR=red][SIZE=5][b]My message was not read/My gift was not claimed![/b][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[b]Donor:[/b] Forumname of the person gifting the egg[b]Giftee:[/b] Forumname of the person not reading their PM and/or not claiming the gift[b]When did you PM the intended giftee:[/b]

This post has been edited by New Rare Breeders on Apr 9 2014, 03:42 AM

Gift report archived and *'d. Diamond_E13 was removed from the Golden Wyvern list as this is their 3rd.

QUOTE (Meeptron @ Jan 16 2015, 09:13 PM)

I want to be removed from the Magma list and added to the Green Copper list.

You've been removed from Magma and added to Green Copper.

QUOTE (surreal_sidhe @ Jan 16 2015, 09:50 PM)

Due to the lovely AninOnin I now have 2 blusang lindwurm's, so I would like to be removed from the blusang Lindwurm list, and added to the Golden Wyvern list. Thank you!

You've been removed from the Blusang list and added to the Golden Wyvern.

QUOTE (HeartJacker13 @ Jan 17 2015, 01:05 AM)

Thanks. I mentioned in the message that it was sent to multiple people. I found out who took the egg, but I really wish that the had the decency to at least let me know without me having to hunt them down. I like giving people the dragons they want, but it makes it a little annoying that it seems like others don't appreciate what we're doing. With that being said...